Chapter 1 of Hidden Hand is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Hidden Hand is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
* * * Whence is that knocking? How is't with me when every sound appals me? * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry! Hark!--More knocking! --Shakespeare.
Chapter 1 of Hidden Hand is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an item inserted in a written record
From this reading “* * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!”
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading “Hark!--More knocking!”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “* * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!”
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading “* * * Whence is that knocking?”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “--Shakespeare.”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “How is't with me when every sound appals me?”
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “* * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “* * * Whence is that knocking?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
an item inserted in a written record
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading Hark!--More knocking!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * Whence is that knocking?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
From this reading * * * Whence is that knocking?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Hark!--More knocking!
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading --Shakespeare.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading * * * Whence is that knocking?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * I hear a knocking In the south entry!
at the time that
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading * * * Whence is that knocking?
in the company of; together with
From this reading How is't with me when every sound appals me?
Chapter 1 of Hidden Hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 182 sentences of Hidden Hand, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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